Dump-car.



R. W. BURNETT,

DUMP GAE.

APPLICATION E'ILBD Am. 30, 15:12.

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'hloo ein'zilm' reference ohm the emne parts 1111i wherein vertieel sootiozi-Lal w v 01 u j om homaer taken on a line mote/w" malireversely relatively to 55m em": F1 *otionai. ViflW through one end H more em} H19, pocket in zhe frame or Fig: 3 is e1: r-iizw view A l per xoulm'iy illustrating the engaging]: of the hinge o aeinbers of the door:- we flame; li igi'. is e fi'oroi; eievetion of uor of the cm with my invention up fl'iereto.

My [3 21 2151 the, -1 the new pm gsiee' dogs y. Th is t ype of door 7 wgtel'nswn oi; the floor of the hop-- per we! thg ows he iadi ng 1 1 con iderable distance 1: t which gm advantage in that thrrfiwo elem of the rails. With doom ogfifi'qis and applied iii. the :menner deecviued to hoppem through which I'QII|1U Tier emnl'llodi are disallowed, ihfl e the free edges are effectively Hosea against leal age by iihe chomping appliance etles elibed the hinged. edge has been heretofore e. eource of newbie owing to leakage due to wemr, hnper'feei fitting, and, in eome eases, inher e111" wi enfimese unless oonstrneted fl 'orm. 0mm y wee 1213? in order to overcome I defeoig; the. hinge comprises a poi of hinged plates; each equal in length to the hinged edge of the door and boot to spiral fibrin the spiral of one hinge mei'nher i11- terg neehjing with the spi ai oi the other and the :onv'ohmimm being of eu'ffioieot length to mteeen t bearing surfaces fhxtoughout the lie 5th of the door in hetever position {the let- 1e may be ll'efz-wred spiral being of coo'x oiuie em. more or eubeteptiefly so. The members the hinge are arranged. with film: epoxy the hop er plate Qua le-1:1 nmurdly and 'tl'xomem 1e? upon the door ed l'avpwzudl g for the purpose of prethe 1 hag being disol'mrged from ixheremf The pockets in Hoe side edges of the. hopper ends are formed by flwetilw ofisot plates h) the hopper ends, end th 1151s.: of lthe door ere flanged as m; !;o enter theee pockets.

A711 angle iron :6- .is attached to the undeo side of the hopper floor contiguous to the hinge meamier m, its purpose being to pro vent, upward displacement of the door when open. "1% s angle-iron is essential in hinge construe on the members of Winch are not 1 m1 'fihe last mentio'neo side a 'eri by and joining 0. floor memhen and eooeistof New 13 up; enfgo lg: bent hopper flee and mam-:1 ohee to the door and turned upwardly, and each extending throughout the full length oi? the hinged tothe'door and turned upwardly, and each extending throu hout the full length of the hinged edge of t 1e door.

3. In a hopper for clump cars, end plates, hopper sills at the opposite sides of the top thereof an inclined floor member; a door for closing the opening inclosed by the end plates, the floor and the last mentioned side member; and a hinge carried by and joining the door and the floor member, ard consist-- ing of a pair of plates h ai ing engaging bent edges one secured to the hopper ioor and the other to the door and each extending throughout the full length of the hinged. edge of the door and means preventing releti've lateral displacement of the said plates.

4. In a'hoppe'r for dump cars, end plates, hopper sills at the opposite sides of the top thereot an inclined floor member; a door for closing the opening inclosed by the end plates, the floor and the last mentioned side ,of the plates for preventing member; and a hinge carried by and joining the door and the floor member, and consisting of a, pair ofplates having engaging bent edges, one secured to the hopper floor and turned downwardly andthe other to the door and turned upwardly and each extendingthroughout the full length'ot' the hinged edge of the door and a stop upon one of the plates for preventing relative I bent edges, cne secured to the hopper floor and turned downwardly end the other to the door and turned upwardly and each extend ing throughout the full length of the hinged edge of the door and an angle-iron upon one relative lateral displacement thereof. I

ln testimony whereof l have signed name to this specification in the presence of two itnesses; i

Montrea- August 21, 1912.

l v itnesses Gounon G. Coonn, 

